Carline



l. E. TESSEYMAN AND T. N. RUSSELL. K.

CARLINE. APPLICATION 'mcn OCT. 23. 1919.

1,428,403, Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

0 N vi Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

JOHN E. TESSEYMAN AND THOMAS FATE-AN aossnnn, or CHICAGO, II.L'I1\IoIs,fl assrenoas T onronee-crnvnnanncan ROOFING oorananv, or onIoaeo,

ILLINOIs, a CORPORATION or ILL NOIS.

onamnn Application filed-October 23, 1919. Serial NO. 332,700.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JoHN E. TESSEYMAN and THOMAS NATHAN RUssnLL, citizens of the United States, residing in Chicago, in

the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

.have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carlines, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to carlines more particularly designed forfleiglit car roofs, and

has for its objects to simplify and make more economical the construction of the carline, and atthe same time enhance'its strength, and resistance against vertical, longitudinal and diagonal strains.

With such objects in view, as well as other advantages whichmay be incident to the use of the improvements, the-invention con- ,sists in the parts and combinations thereof hereinafter set forth and claimed, with the roof frame, comprising a carline embodying the invention. i 1 N Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional view of the same including also parts of the car sheathings, this view being taken on a plane trans verse of the car.

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view on a larger scaletaken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, the ridge pole-being Omitted. I

Referring to the drawings, l'indicates the ridge pole, 2 the side plates, 4- the purlins, 5

the top sheathing, 6 the side sheathing, and 7 the fascia, Of the car frame and body.

Only one of the carlinesis illustrated, and it will be understood that a suitable number of said carlines will be supplied in a car frame, to support the ridge pole and purlins, in the manner illustrated. Said carline is ward on the side Fig. 1 isa plan view of a portion of a car' indicated at 8 and is composed of two separate L-shapedbars 9 which are securely united to eachv otner at the ridge pole, in

clined' gradually away from each other. at

each side of the ridge pole and to the side plates, and also inclined downwards from .the ridge, this last mentioned inclinationbetime mg according to the desired shape and pitch of the car roof. The horizontal bars of said L-shaped bars are indicated at ajand the vertical bars at b.

At each of thefour attachments thus provided for at theside platesthe horizontal part of the L-shapedbar extends overiand rests on the side;plate, this portion 'ofthe bar being indicated at 1Q, and it is secured to the side plate by a vertical bolt 11. The

vertical bar of theL-shaped bar is split away from the portion lO, as seen in Fig. 1, soas to provide a longitudinally extending foot 12 which bears against the inner side of the side plate and. is secured thereto by one or more bolts 13. The car-line thus obtains four very strong attachments-to thesidefframe of the car and each of said attachments has an ample and strong bearlng, both down plate and outward against its inner surface.

At the ridge of the car the membersof the L-Jshaped bars are lapped one over the other (Fig. one of. said members being preferably depressed toform a seat 14. for the upper member which fits in said seat.

The said lapped bars of thecarline bars strongly united by rivets 15'. v I .At each end of the said lapped portionsof "carline bars, the bars are so bent as to incline away from eachother (Fig. 1) and. at or near thesepoints ofdivergence the verti cal members of the bars arelunited together by longitudinalrivetsor b-olts16 (Fig. 3), which act asstrong tiesto counteract. any

horizontal tendency ofthe vertical bar'members to be w spread apart by the super-posedweight of the car roof.

The purlins' a rest on and are suitably united with. the horizontal members of the bars by bolts 17 (Fig 1). The ridge pole 1 is similarly united with the 'carline by a bolt '18. I

It will be understood that the depression or formation which produces the seat 14 may or does extend as far as one of the carline bars laps over the other, the same being indicated by dotted lines 111 Fig. 2.

The seat is has two distinct iunctions,

one of which is to bring the top surfaces ofthe two carline bars flush with each other in the same horizontal plane, but an imso that the carline structure at the apex is perfectly balanced for the resistance of strains and for durability.

It will be seen that by the above structure, bars of L formation are so utilized as to provide a wide central portion at the apex of the carline which is very strong to resist the weight of the roof, and other strains which come to bear upon said apex.

At the outer ends of the carline members the downward inclination thereof may terminate at the point indicated at 19 in Fig. 2, and said members may extend thence hori zontally, as shown in Fig. 2, for the d scribed engagement with the side plates.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. In a carline for car roots and the like, the combination of two lL-shaped bars each of which is adapted to extend from side to side of the roof, said bars having their horizontal members lapped one on the other at the ridge, one of said bars being formed with a shoulder against which abuts the edge of the horizontal member of the other bar, said bars thence inclining away from each other, and declining towards their outer ends, and means whereby said lapped members are secured together.

2. In a carline for car roofs and the like,

the combination of two lL-shaped bars each of which is adapted to extend from side to side of the root, said bars having their horizontal members lapped one'on the other at the ridge, one of said bars being formed with a shoulder against which abuts the edge of the horizontal member of the other bar, said bars thence inclining away from each other, and declining towards their outer ends, means whereby said lapped members are secured together, and a tie member connecting the vertical members of the bars together below their lapped parts.

3. In a carline for car roofs and the like, the combination of two L-shaped bars each of which is adapted to extend from side to side of the roof, said bars having their horizontal members lapped one 011 the other at theridge, said bars thence inclining away from each other, and declining towards their outer ends, means whereby said lapped members are secured together, and a tie member connecting the verticalmembers of the bars together below their lapped parts.

l. in a carline for car roofs and the like, the combination of two L-shaped bars each oi which is adapted to extend from side to side oi the root, said bars having their horizontal members extending towards each other and arranged to abut each other and secured one to the other and having their 5 vertical members spaced apart, and a tie member securing their vertical members one to the other, said bars inclining away from each other and also declining towards their outer ends.

one carline member being provided shoulder against which abuts the Ler; and securing means passed through said lapped horizontal portions for uniting the airline members at the ridge.

6. in a carline construction for car roofs and the like, in combination: a pair of carline members one lapping the other at the ridge of the roof, and securing means passed through the lapped portions of the carline members for uniting-them at the ridge, the lapped portion of one carline member being provided with a shoulder against which abuts the lapped portion of the other carline member to limit the relative movement of said lapped portions and to prevent shearing of said securing means.

0. In a carline construction for car roofs In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands. 

